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http://l.yimg.com/rz/d/yahoo_news_en-US_s_f_p_168x21_news.pngFeathered dinosaur tail found encased in amber<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-encased-amber-134727151.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/092KV60zbj.1xYUnGTWBNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3b9b617e879608d39f7f91f574763eee78c03497.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The feathered dinosaur fossil was found at an amber market in Myanmar" align="left" title="The feathered dinosaur fossil was found at an amber market in Myanmar" border="0" /></a>Researchers have discovered the partial tail of a feathered dinosaur that was preserved in amber some 99 million years ago, according to a study released Thursday. &quot;This is a new source of information that is worth researching with intensity and protecting as a fossil resource,&quot; said Ryan McKellar, one of the scientists who worked on the study published in the US journal Current Biology.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-encased-amber-134727151.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:50:06 -0500AFPfeathered-dinosaur-tail-found-encased-amber-134727151<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-encased-amber-134727151.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/092KV60zbj.1xYUnGTWBNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3b9b617e879608d39f7f91f574763eee78c03497.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The feathered dinosaur fossil was found at an amber market in Myanmar" align="left" title="The feathered dinosaur fossil was found at an amber market in Myanmar" border="0" /></a>Researchers have discovered the partial tail of a feathered dinosaur that was preserved in amber some 99 million years ago, according to a study released Thursday. &quot;This is a new source of information that is worth researching with intensity and protecting as a fossil resource,&quot; said Ryan McKellar, one of the scientists who worked on the study published in the US journal Current Biology.</p><br clear="all"/>Remarkable feathered dinosaur tail found in chunk of amber<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/remarkable-feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-chunk-amber-033949607.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GooSrXgIYF0fYFBmY15qfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T033949Z_1_LYNXMPECB804Q_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-DINOSAUR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section" align="left" title="A chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. Researchers said on Thursday a chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar, last year contained 1.4 inches (36 mm) of the tail of the dinosaur, complete with bones, flesh, skin and feathers. The dinosaur itself was no more than 6 inches (15 cm) long, about the size of a sparrow.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/remarkable-feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-chunk-amber-033949607.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2016 22:39:49 -0500Reutersremarkable-feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-chunk-amber-033949607<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/remarkable-feathered-dinosaur-tail-found-chunk-amber-033949607.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GooSrXgIYF0fYFBmY15qfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T033949Z_1_LYNXMPECB804Q_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-DINOSAUR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section" align="left" title="A chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. Researchers said on Thursday a chunk of amber - fossilized resin - spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar, last year contained 1.4 inches (36 mm) of the tail of the dinosaur, complete with bones, flesh, skin and feathers. The dinosaur itself was no more than 6 inches (15 cm) long, about the size of a sparrow.</p><br clear="all"/>In fossil rarity, tumor found in 255-million-year-old beast<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fossil-rarity-tumor-found-255-million-old-beast-010202281.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BugOwVdmled69Xqa4DvGfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T010202Z_4_LYNXMPECB71BT_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-TUMOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout of a histological thin section of the gorgonopsid lower jaw of a saber-tooth mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago" align="left" title="Handout of a histological thin section of the gorgonopsid lower jaw of a saber-tooth mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists examining the jawbone of a saber-toothed, mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago have come across a remarkable fossil rarity: one of the oldest-known tumors. University of Washington researchers on Thursday described a benign tumor composed of miniature tooth-like structures they found embedded next to the root of the creature&#039;s enlarged canine tooth while studying an unrelated aspect of the jaw.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fossil-rarity-tumor-found-255-million-old-beast-010202281.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2016 20:02:02 -0500Reutersfossil-rarity-tumor-found-255-million-old-beast-010202281<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fossil-rarity-tumor-found-255-million-old-beast-010202281.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BugOwVdmled69Xqa4DvGfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T010202Z_4_LYNXMPECB71BT_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-TUMOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout of a histological thin section of the gorgonopsid lower jaw of a saber-tooth mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago" align="left" title="Handout of a histological thin section of the gorgonopsid lower jaw of a saber-tooth mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists examining the jawbone of a saber-toothed, mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago have come across a remarkable fossil rarity: one of the oldest-known tumors. University of Washington researchers on Thursday described a benign tumor composed of miniature tooth-like structures they found embedded next to the root of the creature&#039;s enlarged canine tooth while studying an unrelated aspect of the jaw.</p><br clear="all"/>DiCaprio, Trump discuss green job creation<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dicaprio-trump-discuss-green-job-creation-212443982.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sM3YQnMVs3rFa3_xUMysHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/dca42caee3a25e2597fd7066de3be960d82bf2ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A long-standing environmental champion and a noted supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio recently made the climate-change documentary &quot;Before the Flood&quot; and spoke about the issue during his acceptance speech for winning an Oscar" align="left" title="A long-standing environmental champion and a noted supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio recently made the climate-change documentary &quot;Before the Flood&quot; and spoke about the issue during his acceptance speech for winning an Oscar" border="0" /></a>Leonardo DiCaprio met President-elect Donald Trump to discuss climate change and how renewable, clean energy could boost the economy by creating millions of new jobs, the actor&#039;s foundation said Thursday. Terry Tamminen, chief executive of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, said in a statement he and the Hollywood star presented the Republican property tycoon, his daughter Ivanka and other aides with a plan to unleash &quot;a major economic revival&quot; through investments in sustainable infrastructure. &quot;Our conversation focused on how to create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation,&quot; Tamminen added.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dicaprio-trump-discuss-green-job-creation-212443982.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2016 16:24:43 -0500AFPdicaprio-trump-discuss-green-job-creation-212443982<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dicaprio-trump-discuss-green-job-creation-212443982.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sM3YQnMVs3rFa3_xUMysHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/dca42caee3a25e2597fd7066de3be960d82bf2ab.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A long-standing environmental champion and a noted supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio recently made the climate-change documentary &quot;Before the Flood&quot; and spoke about the issue during his acceptance speech for winning an Oscar" align="left" title="A long-standing environmental champion and a noted supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio recently made the climate-change documentary &quot;Before the Flood&quot; and spoke about the issue during his acceptance speech for winning an Oscar" border="0" /></a>Leonardo DiCaprio met President-elect Donald Trump to discuss climate change and how renewable, clean energy could boost the economy by creating millions of new jobs, the actor&#039;s foundation said Thursday. Terry Tamminen, chief executive of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, said in a statement he and the Hollywood star presented the Republican property tycoon, his daughter Ivanka and other aides with a plan to unleash &quot;a major economic revival&quot; through investments in sustainable infrastructure. &quot;Our conversation focused on how to create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation,&quot; Tamminen added.</p><br clear="all"/>Solar Impulse founder sees electric passenger plane in 10 years<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-impulse-founder-sees-electric-passenger-plane-10-091522532.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xfeL1yFkY_SQoywQd_VZTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-08T091522Z_1_LYNXMPECB70C4_RTROPTP_2_SOLAR-PLANE-SEVILLE-LANDING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Swiss aviator of the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 Bertrand Piccard, speaks after landing at San Pablo airport in Seville, southern Spain" align="left" title="Swiss aviator of the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 Bertrand Piccard, speaks after landing at San Pablo airport in Seville, southern Spain" border="0" /></a>The co-founder of a project that saw a solar-powered aircraft complete the first fuel-free flight around the world this year expects electric passenger planes to operate in just under 10 years. Bertrand Piccard, who along with fellow pilot Andre Borschberg founded Solar Impulse, also shrugged off concerns that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump&#039;s appointment of a fossil fuel industry defender as his top environmental official could hamper global clean technology efforts. Since completing their historic fuel-free flight in July, Piccard and Borschberg have been working on projects to show how the technologies used in their plane can be used in other applications.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/solar-impulse-founder-sees-electric-passenger-plane-10-091522532.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2016 04:15:22 -0500Reuterssolar-impulse-founder-sees-electric-passenger-plane-10-091522532<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-impulse-founder-sees-electric-passenger-plane-10-091522532.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xfeL1yFkY_SQoywQd_VZTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-08T091522Z_1_LYNXMPECB70C4_RTROPTP_2_SOLAR-PLANE-SEVILLE-LANDING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Swiss aviator of the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 Bertrand Piccard, speaks after landing at San Pablo airport in Seville, southern Spain" align="left" title="Swiss aviator of the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 Bertrand Piccard, speaks after landing at San Pablo airport in Seville, southern Spain" border="0" /></a>The co-founder of a project that saw a solar-powered aircraft complete the first fuel-free flight around the world this year expects electric passenger planes to operate in just under 10 years. Bertrand Piccard, who along with fellow pilot Andre Borschberg founded Solar Impulse, also shrugged off concerns that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump&#039;s appointment of a fossil fuel industry defender as his top environmental official could hamper global clean technology efforts. Since completing their historic fuel-free flight in July, Piccard and Borschberg have been working on projects to show how the technologies used in their plane can be used in other applications.</p><br clear="all"/>Trump to tap champion of fossil fuels as environmental chief<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-trump-tap-oklahoma-ag-pruitt-head-203002432--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UKfl4AIO8940BGv3tzrERg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/445b78538a0b4bd997bd7b6e79c6ba21_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Trump settles on Oklahoma&#039;s attorney general to lead EPA" align="left" title="Trump settles on Oklahoma&#039;s attorney general to lead EPA" border="0" /></a>President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a source close to Pruitt said Wednesday. Pruitt, a 48-year-old Republican, ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-trump-tap-oklahoma-ag-pruitt-head-203002432--finance.htmlWed, 07 Dec 2016 21:11:19 -0500Associated Pressap-source-trump-tap-oklahoma-ag-pruitt-head-203002432--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-trump-tap-oklahoma-ag-pruitt-head-203002432--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UKfl4AIO8940BGv3tzrERg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/445b78538a0b4bd997bd7b6e79c6ba21_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Trump settles on Oklahoma&#039;s attorney general to lead EPA" align="left" title="Trump settles on Oklahoma&#039;s attorney general to lead EPA" border="0" /></a>President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a source close to Pruitt said Wednesday. Pruitt, a 48-year-old Republican, ...</p><br clear="all"/>Giraffes suffer 'silent extinction' in Africa: Red List report<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/giraffes-suffer-silent-extinction-africa-red-list-report-000606251.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L.hJX3SgpuOcvVfplY6hhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-08T111815Z_1_LYNXMPECB70HT_RTROPTP_2_ENVIRONMENT-GIRAFFES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A giraffe runs in Amboseli National park" align="left" title="A giraffe runs in Amboseli National park" border="0" /></a>By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Giraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s in a &quot;silent extinction&quot; driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa, the Red List of endangered species reported on Thursday. Populations of the world&#039;s tallest land creature fell to about 98,000 from an estimated 152,000-163,000 in 1985, according to the List compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Red List rated the giraffe &quot;vulnerable&quot; to extinction on current trends for the first time, against a previous rating of &quot;least concern&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/giraffes-suffer-silent-extinction-africa-red-list-report-000606251.htmlWed, 07 Dec 2016 19:06:06 -0500Reutersgiraffes-suffer-silent-extinction-africa-red-list-report-000606251<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/giraffes-suffer-silent-extinction-africa-red-list-report-000606251.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L.hJX3SgpuOcvVfplY6hhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-08T111815Z_1_LYNXMPECB70HT_RTROPTP_2_ENVIRONMENT-GIRAFFES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A giraffe runs in Amboseli National park" align="left" title="A giraffe runs in Amboseli National park" border="0" /></a>By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Giraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s in a &quot;silent extinction&quot; driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa, the Red List of endangered species reported on Thursday. Populations of the world&#039;s tallest land creature fell to about 98,000 from an estimated 152,000-163,000 in 1985, according to the List compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Red List rated the giraffe &quot;vulnerable&quot; to extinction on current trends for the first time, against a previous rating of &quot;least concern&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>'Mythical' Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mythical-sea-blob-finally-spotted-183200898.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/djlXW9DWSp24p.QWKksn1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/d74a8efe78e39610019300e77be67d3e" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Mythical&#039; Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery" align="left" title="&#039;Mythical&#039; Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery" border="0" /></a>The translucent, sea-dwelling invertebrate, called Bathochordaeus charon, was identified recently off the coast of Monterey, California, by scientists using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). B. charon belongs to a group of sea creatures known as larvaceans — normally teensy, millimeter-size creatures whose bodies resemble a tadpole&#039;s, with a large &quot;head&quot; (actually a trunk) and a tail, Sherlock said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mythical-sea-blob-finally-spotted-183200898.htmlWed, 07 Dec 2016 13:32:00 -0500LiveScience.commythical-sea-blob-finally-spotted-183200898<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mythical-sea-blob-finally-spotted-183200898.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/djlXW9DWSp24p.QWKksn1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/d74a8efe78e39610019300e77be67d3e" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Mythical&#039; Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery" align="left" title="&#039;Mythical&#039; Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery" border="0" /></a>The translucent, sea-dwelling invertebrate, called Bathochordaeus charon, was identified recently off the coast of Monterey, California, by scientists using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). B. charon belongs to a group of sea creatures known as larvaceans — normally teensy, millimeter-size creatures whose bodies resemble a tadpole&#039;s, with a large &quot;head&quot; (actually a trunk) and a tail, Sherlock said.</p><br clear="all"/>Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-unveil-stratospheric-solar-plane-154643713.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1RaIYsRD1xARY7TVBf.Geg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/996f136e6bd34826fb2dab45e0faab95650e8879.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Raphael Domjan (right) and Thierry Plojoux in front of SolarStratos on December 7, 2016 in Payerne, Switzerland" align="left" title="Raphael Domjan (right) and Thierry Plojoux in front of SolarStratos on December 7, 2016 in Payerne, Switzerland" border="0" /></a>Just months after two Swiss pilots completed a historic round-the-world trip in a Sun-powered plane, another Swiss adventurer on Wednesday unveiled a solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere. The SolarStratos, a sleek, white two-seater aircraft with long wings covered with 22 square metres (237 square feet) of solar panels, is set to become the first manned solar plane to make a stratospheric flight, according to Raphael Domjan, who is behind the project.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-unveil-stratospheric-solar-plane-154643713.htmlWed, 07 Dec 2016 10:46:43 -0500AFPswiss-unveil-stratospheric-solar-plane-154643713<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-unveil-stratospheric-solar-plane-154643713.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1RaIYsRD1xARY7TVBf.Geg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/996f136e6bd34826fb2dab45e0faab95650e8879.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Raphael Domjan (right) and Thierry Plojoux in front of SolarStratos on December 7, 2016 in Payerne, Switzerland" align="left" title="Raphael Domjan (right) and Thierry Plojoux in front of SolarStratos on December 7, 2016 in Payerne, Switzerland" border="0" /></a>Just months after two Swiss pilots completed a historic round-the-world trip in a Sun-powered plane, another Swiss adventurer on Wednesday unveiled a solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere. The SolarStratos, a sleek, white two-seater aircraft with long wings covered with 22 square metres (237 square feet) of solar panels, is set to become the first manned solar plane to make a stratospheric flight, according to Raphael Domjan, who is behind the project.</p><br clear="all"/>Google hits renewable energy goal in quest to pare pollution<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-hits-renewable-energy-goal-140149058.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/74b8oblDA4R5KJeBV.RBdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cHhvZmY9NTA7cHlvZmY9MDtxPTc1O3c9MTMw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6541bf4dac7f4c209d64dbfedc34ea73.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo provided by Google shows windmills at a wind farm in Minco, Okla., that provides Google with some of its renewable energy. Google says it believes that beginning in 2017, it will have amassed enough renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs throughout the world. (Tim Boyles Photography/Google via AP)" align="left" title="This photo provided by Google shows windmills at a wind farm in Minco, Okla., that provides Google with some of its renewable energy. Google says it believes that beginning in 2017, it will have amassed enough renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs throughout the world. (Tim Boyles Photography/Google via AP)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is crossing a milestone in its quest to reduce pollution caused by its digital services that devour massive amounts of electricity.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-hits-renewable-energy-goal-140149058.htmlTue, 06 Dec 2016 14:19:18 -0500Associated Pressgoogle-hits-renewable-energy-goal-140149058<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-hits-renewable-energy-goal-140149058.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/74b8oblDA4R5KJeBV.RBdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cHhvZmY9NTA7cHlvZmY9MDtxPTc1O3c9MTMw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6541bf4dac7f4c209d64dbfedc34ea73.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo provided by Google shows windmills at a wind farm in Minco, Okla., that provides Google with some of its renewable energy. Google says it believes that beginning in 2017, it will have amassed enough renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs throughout the world. (Tim Boyles Photography/Google via AP)" align="left" title="This photo provided by Google shows windmills at a wind farm in Minco, Okla., that provides Google with some of its renewable energy. Google says it believes that beginning in 2017, it will have amassed enough renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs throughout the world. (Tim Boyles Photography/Google via AP)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is crossing a milestone in its quest to reduce pollution caused by its digital services that devour massive amounts of electricity.</p><br clear="all"/>Solar panels repay their energy 'debt': study<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-panels-repay-energy-debt-study-164954543.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oysgD9xZmyid4P2wdEpcdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/e54ff04d74602cc5944a740ac75f7dffbddd7743.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" align="left" title="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" border="0" /></a>The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years has all but cancelled out the polluting energy used to produce them, a study said Tuesday. Indeed, by some calculations, the so-called &quot;break-even point&quot; between dirty energy input and clean output may already have arrived, researchers in the Netherlands reported. &quot;We show strong downward trends of environmental impact&quot; of solar panel production, the team wrote in the journal Nature Communications.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/solar-panels-repay-energy-debt-study-164954543.htmlTue, 06 Dec 2016 11:49:54 -0500AFPsolar-panels-repay-energy-debt-study-164954543<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/solar-panels-repay-energy-debt-study-164954543.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oysgD9xZmyid4P2wdEpcdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/e54ff04d74602cc5944a740ac75f7dffbddd7743.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" align="left" title="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" border="0" /></a>The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years has all but cancelled out the polluting energy used to produce them, a study said Tuesday. Indeed, by some calculations, the so-called &quot;break-even point&quot; between dirty energy input and clean output may already have arrived, researchers in the Netherlands reported. &quot;We show strong downward trends of environmental impact&quot; of solar panel production, the team wrote in the journal Nature Communications.</p><br clear="all"/>Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fossils-found-la-subway-140900408.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jHSW2ug12FE2BnfB4usSSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/899ffc54de901770bec49b63aedd8135" width="130" height="86" alt="Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig" align="left" title="Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig" border="0" /></a>Fossils from giant, ice age-beasts were uncovered while workers were digging an extension to the Los Angeles subway system. The finds include a 3-foot-long (1 meter) section of mammoth tusk, as well as a skull and partial tusks from a much younger animal, which might have been either a mammoth or a mastodon, according to The Source, a transportation blog about the L.A. Metro. Though the ice-age fossils (whose exact age has not yet been determined) are certainly treasures that are rarer to unearth under the subway than rat &quot;fossils&quot; and &quot;coprolites,&quot; old chicken wings or discarded coffee cups, the finds actually aren&#039;t all that surprising.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fossils-found-la-subway-140900408.htmlTue, 06 Dec 2016 09:09:00 -0500LiveScience.commammoth-fossils-found-la-subway-140900408<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fossils-found-la-subway-140900408.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jHSW2ug12FE2BnfB4usSSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/899ffc54de901770bec49b63aedd8135" width="130" height="86" alt="Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig" align="left" title="Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig" border="0" /></a>Fossils from giant, ice age-beasts were uncovered while workers were digging an extension to the Los Angeles subway system. The finds include a 3-foot-long (1 meter) section of mammoth tusk, as well as a skull and partial tusks from a much younger animal, which might have been either a mammoth or a mastodon, according to The Source, a transportation blog about the L.A. Metro. Though the ice-age fossils (whose exact age has not yet been determined) are certainly treasures that are rarer to unearth under the subway than rat &quot;fossils&quot; and &quot;coprolites,&quot; old chicken wings or discarded coffee cups, the finds actually aren&#039;t all that surprising.</p><br clear="all"/>Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/polar-sea-ice-size-india-vanishes-record-heat-215210992.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ME8_SEBk5F_1ZO6gGgDtyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-05T215210Z_2_LYNXMPECB41I2_RTROPTP_2_CLIMATECHANGE-ICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture of children playing amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk" align="left" title="File picture of children playing amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sea ice off Antarctica and in the Arctic is at record lows for this time of year after declining by twice the size of Alaska in a sign of rising global temperatures, climate scientists say. Against a trend of global warming and a steady retreat of ice at earth&#039;s northern tip, ice floating on the Southern Ocean off Antarctica has tended to expand in recent years. &quot;There are some really crazy things going on,&quot; said Mark Serreze, director of the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, saying temperatures in parts of the Arctic were 20 degrees Celsius (36°F) above normal some days in November.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/polar-sea-ice-size-india-vanishes-record-heat-215210992.htmlMon, 05 Dec 2016 16:52:10 -0500Reuterspolar-sea-ice-size-india-vanishes-record-heat-215210992<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/polar-sea-ice-size-india-vanishes-record-heat-215210992.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ME8_SEBk5F_1ZO6gGgDtyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-05T215210Z_2_LYNXMPECB41I2_RTROPTP_2_CLIMATECHANGE-ICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture of children playing amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk" align="left" title="File picture of children playing amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sea ice off Antarctica and in the Arctic is at record lows for this time of year after declining by twice the size of Alaska in a sign of rising global temperatures, climate scientists say. Against a trend of global warming and a steady retreat of ice at earth&#039;s northern tip, ice floating on the Southern Ocean off Antarctica has tended to expand in recent years. &quot;There are some really crazy things going on,&quot; said Mark Serreze, director of the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, saying temperatures in parts of the Arctic were 20 degrees Celsius (36°F) above normal some days in November.</p><br clear="all"/>Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman's Paradise<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/underwater-stone-age-fishermans-paradise-145600502.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jXtX5ED5dPY0hTDGacwNJA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/365cadeb1fbbbf1fdbc3c8e2c074d938" width="130" height="86" alt="Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman&#039;s Paradise" align="left" title="Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman&#039;s Paradise" border="0" /></a>A now-submerged Stone Age settlement has been mapped in the Baltic Sea, revealing how its ancient inhabitants lived along what was once a lagoon on the coast of Sweden some 9,000 years ago. The exceptionally well-preserved site was discovered about seven years ago, after divers came upon what are now considered to be the oldest stationary fish traps in northern Europe. Lead researcher Anton Hansson, a doctoral student in Quaternary geology at Lund University, and his colleagues reconstructed what the lagoon settlement would have looked like during the Mesolithic using a type of sonar system called multibeam echo-sounder technology.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/underwater-stone-age-fishermans-paradise-145600502.htmlMon, 05 Dec 2016 09:56:00 -0500LiveScience.comunderwater-stone-age-fishermans-paradise-145600502<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/underwater-stone-age-fishermans-paradise-145600502.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jXtX5ED5dPY0hTDGacwNJA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/365cadeb1fbbbf1fdbc3c8e2c074d938" width="130" height="86" alt="Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman&#039;s Paradise" align="left" title="Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman&#039;s Paradise" border="0" /></a>A now-submerged Stone Age settlement has been mapped in the Baltic Sea, revealing how its ancient inhabitants lived along what was once a lagoon on the coast of Sweden some 9,000 years ago. The exceptionally well-preserved site was discovered about seven years ago, after divers came upon what are now considered to be the oldest stationary fish traps in northern Europe. Lead researcher Anton Hansson, a doctoral student in Quaternary geology at Lund University, and his colleagues reconstructed what the lagoon settlement would have looked like during the Mesolithic using a type of sonar system called multibeam echo-sounder technology.</p><br clear="all"/>Could Dinosaurs Fly?<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/could-dinosaurs-fly-145500157.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pSter4sqzVBlRfSLttWd.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/2e00f54c3f07c14cf9d8ccccdd518110" width="130" height="86" alt="Could Dinosaurs Fly?" align="left" title="Could Dinosaurs Fly?" border="0" /></a>Some dinosaurs may not have been restricted to life on the ground and instead could have launched into the air for quick flights, researchers have found. &quot;They probably could not sustain flight for long or go very far,&quot; said study lead researcher Michael Habib, an assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the University of Southern California. Birds are the descendants of theropods — dinosaurs that walked on two legs and mostly ate meat, including Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/could-dinosaurs-fly-145500157.htmlMon, 05 Dec 2016 09:55:00 -0500LiveScience.comcould-dinosaurs-fly-145500157<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/could-dinosaurs-fly-145500157.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pSter4sqzVBlRfSLttWd.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/2e00f54c3f07c14cf9d8ccccdd518110" width="130" height="86" alt="Could Dinosaurs Fly?" align="left" title="Could Dinosaurs Fly?" border="0" /></a>Some dinosaurs may not have been restricted to life on the ground and instead could have launched into the air for quick flights, researchers have found. &quot;They probably could not sustain flight for long or go very far,&quot; said study lead researcher Michael Habib, an assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the University of Southern California. Birds are the descendants of theropods — dinosaurs that walked on two legs and mostly ate meat, including Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex.</p><br clear="all"/>Bipedal Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Was a Tree Climber, Too<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bipedal-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-145000290.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OokSeXQXZyUqL7tm96g95A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/4ffc8ad482a36c6f66fad604eb0d2f02" width="130" height="86" alt="Bipedal Human Ancestor &#039;Lucy&#039; Was a Tree Climber, Too" align="left" title="Bipedal Human Ancestor &#039;Lucy&#039; Was a Tree Climber, Too" border="0" /></a>&quot;Lucy,&quot; an early human ancestor that lived 3 million years ago, walked on two legs. High-resolution computed X-ray tomography (CT) scans of long bones in Lucy&#039;s arms reveal internal structures suggesting that her upper limbs were built for heavy load bearing — much like chimpanzees&#039; arms, which they use to pull themselves up tree trunks and to swing between branches. This adds to a growing body of evidence that although Lucy&#039;s pelvis, leg bones and feet supported bipedal walking, her upper body was adapted for at least partial life in trees — far more so than in modern humans.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bipedal-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-145000290.htmlMon, 05 Dec 2016 09:50:00 -0500LiveScience.combipedal-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-145000290<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bipedal-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-145000290.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OokSeXQXZyUqL7tm96g95A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/4ffc8ad482a36c6f66fad604eb0d2f02" width="130" height="86" alt="Bipedal Human Ancestor &#039;Lucy&#039; Was a Tree Climber, Too" align="left" title="Bipedal Human Ancestor &#039;Lucy&#039; Was a Tree Climber, Too" border="0" /></a>&quot;Lucy,&quot; an early human ancestor that lived 3 million years ago, walked on two legs. High-resolution computed X-ray tomography (CT) scans of long bones in Lucy&#039;s arms reveal internal structures suggesting that her upper limbs were built for heavy load bearing — much like chimpanzees&#039; arms, which they use to pull themselves up tree trunks and to swing between branches. This adds to a growing body of evidence that although Lucy&#039;s pelvis, leg bones and feet supported bipedal walking, her upper body was adapted for at least partial life in trees — far more so than in modern humans.</p><br clear="all"/>Gore says U.S. climate curbs on track, hopes Trump will surprise<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gore-says-u-climate-curbs-track-hopes-trump-100412873.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RELt8fck1394JLCleIq40w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-04T100412Z_1_LYNXMPECB30AF_RTROPTP_2_SPORT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project Chairman Al Gore attends the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget" align="left" title="Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project Chairman Al Gore attends the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall irrespective of the pro-coal policies of President-elect Donald Trump, who may still surprise the world by embracing global action to limit climate change, former vice president Al Gore said. Gore, a climate activist who will lead a 24-hour televised marathon on Dec. 5-6 about global efforts to limit rising temperatures, told Reuters that companies and U.S. states would cut emissions despite Trump&#039;s doubts that warming is man-made. &quot;Business alone, along with states, will almost guarantee that we meet the reduction targets (set by U.S. President Barack Obama) regardless of the policies the new president ends up adopting,&quot; Gore said in a phone interview.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gore-says-u-climate-curbs-track-hopes-trump-100412873.htmlSun, 04 Dec 2016 05:04:12 -0500Reutersgore-says-u-climate-curbs-track-hopes-trump-100412873<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gore-says-u-climate-curbs-track-hopes-trump-100412873.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RELt8fck1394JLCleIq40w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-04T100412Z_1_LYNXMPECB30AF_RTROPTP_2_SPORT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project Chairman Al Gore attends the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget" align="left" title="Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Project Chairman Al Gore attends the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall irrespective of the pro-coal policies of President-elect Donald Trump, who may still surprise the world by embracing global action to limit climate change, former vice president Al Gore said. Gore, a climate activist who will lead a 24-hour televised marathon on Dec. 5-6 about global efforts to limit rising temperatures, told Reuters that companies and U.S. states would cut emissions despite Trump&#039;s doubts that warming is man-made. &quot;Business alone, along with states, will almost guarantee that we meet the reduction targets (set by U.S. President Barack Obama) regardless of the policies the new president ends up adopting,&quot; Gore said in a phone interview.</p><br clear="all"/>2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth's Oxygen<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-5-billion-old-fossils-151600084.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CqJyLh_z4.mJQt.pJf_8iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/cf9e218bc5cbd1e50cd8b7fddaa00a67" width="130" height="86" alt="2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth&#039;s Oxygen" align="left" title="2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth&#039;s Oxygen" border="0" /></a>Fossils of what may be the oldest sulfur-eating bacteria ever found have been discovered in rocks dating back a staggering 2.52 billion years. The fossils don&#039;t represent the oldest life on Earth by any stretch — there are fossils of microbes that are at least a billion years older — but they are the oldest of their type. Rather than using oxygen to survive, these bacteria would have turned hydrogen sulfide into sulfate (the oxidized form of sulfur), using the energy from that chemical reaction to grow, Czaja said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-5-billion-old-fossils-151600084.htmlFri, 02 Dec 2016 10:16:00 -0500LiveScience.com2-5-billion-old-fossils-151600084<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-5-billion-old-fossils-151600084.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CqJyLh_z4.mJQt.pJf_8iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/cf9e218bc5cbd1e50cd8b7fddaa00a67" width="130" height="86" alt="2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth&#039;s Oxygen" align="left" title="2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth&#039;s Oxygen" border="0" /></a>Fossils of what may be the oldest sulfur-eating bacteria ever found have been discovered in rocks dating back a staggering 2.52 billion years. The fossils don&#039;t represent the oldest life on Earth by any stretch — there are fossils of microbes that are at least a billion years older — but they are the oldest of their type. Rather than using oxygen to survive, these bacteria would have turned hydrogen sulfide into sulfate (the oxidized form of sulfur), using the energy from that chemical reaction to grow, Czaja said.</p><br clear="all"/>Human ancestor Lucy spent much of her time in trees: study<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-spent-much-her-time-trees-083303846.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Yrat_27vxNMR_Jp4uVpGAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/f30057d4f2e58b81f94d68b022277ba6eb26dc2c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, likely got around as much like a modern chimpanzee as a modern human, according to a new study" align="left" title="Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, likely got around as much like a modern chimpanzee as a modern human, according to a new study" border="0" /></a>Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, probably spent at least a third of her day nesting in trees, according to new research unveiled Wednesday. &quot;It is a well-established fact that the skeleton responds to loads during life, adding bone to resist high forces and subtracting bone when forces are reduced,&quot; said John Kappelman, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas, and one of the main authors of the research.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-spent-much-her-time-trees-083303846.htmlThu, 01 Dec 2016 03:36:00 -0500AFPhuman-ancestor-lucy-spent-much-her-time-trees-083303846<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-spent-much-her-time-trees-083303846.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Yrat_27vxNMR_Jp4uVpGAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/f30057d4f2e58b81f94d68b022277ba6eb26dc2c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, likely got around as much like a modern chimpanzee as a modern human, according to a new study" align="left" title="Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, likely got around as much like a modern chimpanzee as a modern human, according to a new study" border="0" /></a>Lucy, the ancient ancestor of modern humans, probably spent at least a third of her day nesting in trees, according to new research unveiled Wednesday. &quot;It is a well-established fact that the skeleton responds to loads during life, adding bone to resist high forces and subtracting bone when forces are reduced,&quot; said John Kappelman, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas, and one of the main authors of the research.</p><br clear="all"/>Human ancestor 'Lucy' adept at tree climbing as well as walking<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-adept-tree-climbing-well-walking-001017171.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IBE5NWXXlj4mJc6DRF3Y8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-01T013345Z_3_LYNXMPECAT1N0_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-LUCY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="University of Texas paleoanthropologist John Kappelman with 3D printouts of Lucy’s skeleton" align="left" title="University of Texas paleoanthropologist John Kappelman with 3D printouts of Lucy’s skeleton" border="0" /></a>By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Scientists using sophisticated scanning technology on the fossil bones of the ancient human ancestor from Ethiopia dubbed &quot;Lucy&quot; have determined that she was adept at climbing trees as well as walking, an ability that in her case may have proven fatal. Researchers on Wednesday announced the results of an intensive analysis of the 3.18 million-year-old fossils of Lucy, a member of a species early in the human evolutionary lineage known as Australopithecus afarensis. The scans of Lucy&#039;s arm bones showed they were heavily built, like chimpanzees, indicating that members of this species spent significant time climbing in trees and used their arms to pull themselves up in the branches.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-adept-tree-climbing-well-walking-001017171.htmlWed, 30 Nov 2016 20:33:45 -0500Reutershuman-ancestor-lucy-adept-tree-climbing-well-walking-001017171<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/human-ancestor-lucy-adept-tree-climbing-well-walking-001017171.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IBE5NWXXlj4mJc6DRF3Y8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-01T013345Z_3_LYNXMPECAT1N0_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-LUCY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="University of Texas paleoanthropologist John Kappelman with 3D printouts of Lucy’s skeleton" align="left" title="University of Texas paleoanthropologist John Kappelman with 3D printouts of Lucy’s skeleton" border="0" /></a>By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Scientists using sophisticated scanning technology on the fossil bones of the ancient human ancestor from Ethiopia dubbed &quot;Lucy&quot; have determined that she was adept at climbing trees as well as walking, an ability that in her case may have proven fatal. Researchers on Wednesday announced the results of an intensive analysis of the 3.18 million-year-old fossils of Lucy, a member of a species early in the human evolutionary lineage known as Australopithecus afarensis. The scans of Lucy&#039;s arm bones showed they were heavily built, like chimpanzees, indicating that members of this species spent significant time climbing in trees and used their arms to pull themselves up in the branches.</p><br clear="all"/>EU unveils plans to boost 'clean energy' use<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-unveils-plans-boost-clean-energy-005959610.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oysgD9xZmyid4P2wdEpcdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/e54ff04d74602cc5944a740ac75f7dffbddd7743.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" align="left" title="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" border="0" /></a>The EU on Wednesday unveiled &quot;clean energy&quot; plans to boost renewables, cut waste and reduce subsidies for coal power in a bid to meet commitments under the Paris climate deal. Binding energy efficiency targets would also be raised by 30 percent by 2030 under the sweeping package of measures from the European Commission, the European Union&#039;s executive arm. &quot;We will help Europe turn the Paris agreement into concrete action,&quot; EU climate commissioner Miguel Canete told reporters in Brussels.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/eu-unveils-plans-boost-clean-energy-005959610.htmlWed, 30 Nov 2016 11:56:13 -0500AFPeu-unveils-plans-boost-clean-energy-005959610<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-unveils-plans-boost-clean-energy-005959610.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oysgD9xZmyid4P2wdEpcdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/e54ff04d74602cc5944a740ac75f7dffbddd7743.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" align="left" title="Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes water- and wind-generated electricity" border="0" /></a>The EU on Wednesday unveiled &quot;clean energy&quot; plans to boost renewables, cut waste and reduce subsidies for coal power in a bid to meet commitments under the Paris climate deal. Binding energy efficiency targets would also be raised by 30 percent by 2030 under the sweeping package of measures from the European Commission, the European Union&#039;s executive arm. &quot;We will help Europe turn the Paris agreement into concrete action,&quot; EU climate commissioner Miguel Canete told reporters in Brussels.</p><br clear="all"/>Amazon looking to convert Italy power stations into data centers<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-looking-convert-italy-power-stations-data-centers-143300928--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DstwKZlKkTGQwrypcYL99w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-11-30T143300Z_1006990001_LYNXMPECAT13H_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AMAZON-COM-ENEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of Amazon.com&#039;s logo at Amazon Japan&#039;s office building in Tokyo" align="left" title="File photo of Amazon.com&#039;s logo at Amazon Japan&#039;s office building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>By Giulia Segreti and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Amazon is in talks with utility Enel over the conversion of old power stations in north and central Italy into data centers as it seeks to expand its lucrative cloud services business in the country. Amazon is market leader in the global cloud infrastructure services sector. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services unit, recently announced it would open data centers in the Paris region, after investing in Ireland, Germany and the United Kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-looking-convert-italy-power-stations-data-centers-143300928--finance.htmlWed, 30 Nov 2016 09:33:00 -0500Reutersamazon-looking-convert-italy-power-stations-data-centers-143300928--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-looking-convert-italy-power-stations-data-centers-143300928--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DstwKZlKkTGQwrypcYL99w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-11-30T143300Z_1006990001_LYNXMPECAT13H_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AMAZON-COM-ENEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of Amazon.com&#039;s logo at Amazon Japan&#039;s office building in Tokyo" align="left" title="File photo of Amazon.com&#039;s logo at Amazon Japan&#039;s office building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>By Giulia Segreti and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Amazon is in talks with utility Enel over the conversion of old power stations in north and central Italy into data centers as it seeks to expand its lucrative cloud services business in the country. Amazon is market leader in the global cloud infrastructure services sector. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services unit, recently announced it would open data centers in the Paris region, after investing in Ireland, Germany and the United Kingdom.</p><br clear="all"/>Trump rollback of Obama climate agenda may prove challenging<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trump-rollback-obama-climate-agenda-may-prove-challenging-091252634--election.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sIGisqTo8J16_pr4ZqDRlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0202b70e93824b0696662ce9b424e590.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. Trump will be in a strong position to dismantle some of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back long-gone coal mining jobs will likely prove more difficult for the new president. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. Trump will be in a strong position to dismantle some of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back long-gone coal mining jobs will likely prove more difficult for the new president. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump plans to dismantle President Barack Obama&#039;s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on his campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back tens of thousands of long-gone coal mining jobs could prove far more difficult.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trump-rollback-obama-climate-agenda-may-prove-challenging-091252634--election.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2016 12:20:19 -0500Associated Presstrump-rollback-obama-climate-agenda-may-prove-challenging-091252634--election<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trump-rollback-obama-climate-agenda-may-prove-challenging-091252634--election.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sIGisqTo8J16_pr4ZqDRlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0202b70e93824b0696662ce9b424e590.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. Trump will be in a strong position to dismantle some of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back long-gone coal mining jobs will likely prove more difficult for the new president. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. Trump will be in a strong position to dismantle some of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back long-gone coal mining jobs will likely prove more difficult for the new president. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump plans to dismantle President Barack Obama&#039;s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on his campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back tens of thousands of long-gone coal mining jobs could prove far more difficult.</p><br clear="all"/>New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pyramid-antarctica-not-quite-geologists-153400587.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rs0IxAGQVAmCIe9oTGCvjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/551585d8cec7589e4be4da70d3232c53" width="130" height="86" alt="New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists" align="left" title="New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists" border="0" /></a>But Occam&#039;s razor — the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the right one — points to a far more mundane cause: Those steep, pyramid-like sides are likely the work of hundreds of millions of years of erosion, experts told Live Science. &quot;This is just a mountain that looks like a pyramid,&quot; Eric Rignot, a professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, told Live Science in an email. The pyramidal mountain, which doesn&#039;t have a formal name, is one of the many peaks that make up Antarctica&#039;s Ellsworth Mountains, which were discovered by the American aviator Lincoln Ellsworth during a flight on Nov. 23, 1935, according to a 2007 research paper that was published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pyramid-antarctica-not-quite-geologists-153400587.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2016 10:34:00 -0500LiveScience.compyramid-antarctica-not-quite-geologists-153400587<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pyramid-antarctica-not-quite-geologists-153400587.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rs0IxAGQVAmCIe9oTGCvjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/livescience.com/551585d8cec7589e4be4da70d3232c53" width="130" height="86" alt="New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists" align="left" title="New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists" border="0" /></a>But Occam&#039;s razor — the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the right one — points to a far more mundane cause: Those steep, pyramid-like sides are likely the work of hundreds of millions of years of erosion, experts told Live Science. &quot;This is just a mountain that looks like a pyramid,&quot; Eric Rignot, a professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, told Live Science in an email. The pyramidal mountain, which doesn&#039;t have a formal name, is one of the many peaks that make up Antarctica&#039;s Ellsworth Mountains, which were discovered by the American aviator Lincoln Ellsworth during a flight on Nov. 23, 1935, according to a 2007 research paper that was published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).</p><br clear="all"/>Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia's Great Barrier Reef<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-record-biggest-ever-coral-die-off-australias-022709016.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GVqaCwWA8k0SzVgWREfWiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-11-29T024233Z_1_LYNXMPECAS031_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-ENVIRONMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man snorkels in an area called the &quot;Coral Gardens&quot; near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef" align="left" title="A man snorkels in an area called the &quot;Coral Gardens&quot; near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef" border="0" /></a>By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Warm seas around Australia&#039;s Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch of coral in the past nine months, the worst die-off ever recorded on the World Heritage site, scientists who surveyed the reef said on Tuesday. &quot;The coral is essentially cooked,&quot; professor Andrew Baird, a researcher at James Cook University who was part of the reef surveys, told Reuters by telephone from Townsville in Australia&#039;s tropical north. Mildly bleached coral can recover if the temperature drops and the survey found this occurred in southern parts of the reef, where coral mortality was much lower.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-record-biggest-ever-coral-die-off-australias-022709016.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2016 05:27:05 -0500Reutersscientists-record-biggest-ever-coral-die-off-australias-022709016<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-record-biggest-ever-coral-die-off-australias-022709016.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GVqaCwWA8k0SzVgWREfWiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-11-29T024233Z_1_LYNXMPECAS031_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-ENVIRONMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man snorkels in an area called the &quot;Coral Gardens&quot; near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef" align="left" title="A man snorkels in an area called the &quot;Coral Gardens&quot; near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef" border="0" /></a>By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Warm seas around Australia&#039;s Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch of coral in the past nine months, the worst die-off ever recorded on the World Heritage site, scientists who surveyed the reef said on Tuesday. &quot;The coral is essentially cooked,&quot; professor Andrew Baird, a researcher at James Cook University who was part of the reef surveys, told Reuters by telephone from Townsville in Australia&#039;s tropical north. Mildly bleached coral can recover if the temperature drops and the survey found this occurred in southern parts of the reef, where coral mortality was much lower.</p><br clear="all"/>